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Lahore: 6-kg gold robbed, jeweler dead

Lahore: 6-kg gold robbed, jeweler dead

LAHORE: Dacoitsshotdead a jeweler and wounded his employee on offering resistance during an armedrobbery in Harbanspurapolice limits and snatched away 6-Kg gold ornaments on Monday, police said.

Policeinvestigators said that both the jewelers and his worker were on their way to supply goldornaments to their clients somewhere in the QilaGujarSingharea when they were abducted by unidentifiedcar–riders at gunpoint from the Gowalmandipolicelimits.

Fourbandits stopped a car at the MissionRoad, held the car–riders hostage at gunpoint, and took them towards the Harbanspuraarea on the canalroad. The robbersopenedfire on the victims and escaped after snatching6-kg goldornaments.

As a result, KashifaliasKashi, 27, died on the spot while and ZeeshanJamshaid sustained multiplebulletwounds and was admitted to the services hospital in critical condition. A policeofficial said that Zeeshan had been running a shop with the name of ‘FancyJewelers’ in the Gowalmandiarea since long. Policesuspected that the robbers had prior information about the gold supply.

The bandits took the jewelers to the canalroad, where they shot at and wounded the victims. Ironically, the gunmen continued roaming on the city roads with the abductees for a considerable time but there was no policeman to check their movement notwithstanding the victim family had alerted the police soon after the jewelers were kidnapped.

The bandits had escaped when the police reached the spot. The body was removed to the morgue for autopsy. The policeinvestigators were collecting evidences besides recording the statements of the victim family till Monday night.

“Nocase has been registered yet as the officers are still collecting information about the incident,” replied MuhammadSaqib, dutyofficer at the Gowalmandipolicestation, when contacted.